QuEra Computing
Scientific Software Engineer - Virtual Machine & Emulation
$102K–$166K
Boston, MA, USA +1 · Full-time · Posted Nov 9, 2025
- Location
- Boston, MA, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Education
- Master’s in Computer Science with focus on quantum computation/architecture/programming language/compiler, or equivalent professional experience.
About the job
Develops QuEra’s multi-level hardware virtual machine and simulation infrastructure for quantum programs, working across its compiler toolchain, hardware control stack, and scientific teams.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain a virtual machine emulating QuEra’s pulse-level DSL and compilation stack; support integration with the control stack.
- Collaborate with QEC scientists and hardware control teams to plan and simulate features for executing QEC algorithms.
- Perform gate-level and atom-move hardware simulation with the scientific software team.
What they ask for
- Master’s in Computer Science focused on quantum computation, architecture, programming languages, or compilers, or equivalent professional experience.
- Experience with bytecode interpreters or the CPython interpreter; modern C/C++ projects and tooling; hardware emulation and VM development; and SSA-based compiler intermediate representations.
- Knowledge of the software development lifecycle, including version control, code review, testing, CI/CD, logging, profiling, debugging, and documentation.
Nice to have
- Ph.D. in a relevant Computer Science focus, or equivalent professional experience; experience with Rust, C++, or Julia, FPGA programming, quantum physics or AMO physics, or QEC.
- Contributions to existing open-source libraries.
Pay
$102,400 - $166,400 USD base salary
Tools
Kirin, CPython, C/C++, Rust, C++, Julia, FPGA
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